Vrbo
Search VRBO (Vrbo / Expedia Group) vacation rentals including entire homes, condos, and...
Install
npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill vrbo -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- borski/travel-hacking-toolkit839
- Category
- Testing
- Updated
- 9d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 1,568 tokens
- Runs scripts
- Yes, review before use
What it does
Search VRBO (Vrbo / Expedia Group) vacation rentals including entire homes, condos, and cabins via Patchright browser automation. VRBO sits behind Akamai Bot Manager so plain HTTP and standard Playwright get a 429 bot wall. Use for whole-home or group stays, multi-bedroom rentals, and Airbnb-vs-VRBO comparisons. Trigger phrases include search VRBO, Vrbo rentals, vacation rental, cabin rental, whole house, condo for the group.
VRBO Search
Search VRBO vacation rentals via Patchright and return whole-home / condo / cabin listings with pricing and booking links. VRBO is the natural complement to the Airbnb MCP for group and family stays, many mountain-town and resort property managers cross-list on both, but VRBO carries professionally-managed condos and cabins that don't always appear on Airbnb.
Requires Patchright (undetected Playwright fork). VRBO sits behind Akamai
Bot Manager, plain HTTP, standard Playwright, @playwright/mcp, and
agent-browser all get a 429 Too Many Requests ("Provisioned request rate has
been exceeded") bot wall. Patchright passes Akamai's sensor and earns the
_abck cookie. This is the same wall, and the same fix, as the chase-travel /
amex-travel / southwest skills.
Must run headed (headless=False). Akamai flags headless browsers. On macOS
a Chrome window briefly appears. For background / unattended runs, use Docker
(Xvfb provides the virtual display).
No login required. VRBO search results are public, unlike chase-travel / amex-travel, there are no credentials. The persistent profile only caches the Akamai cookie so repeat searches re-challenge less.
Prerequisites
pip install patchright && patchright install chromium
Or use Docker (no local install, headed via Xvfb):
docker build -t vrbo skills/vrbo/
When to Use
- Group / family stays where you want a whole home, condo, or cabin
- "Compare Airbnb vs VRBO in <place>"
- Multi-bedroom rentals with separate rooms (the multi-person trip pattern)
- Resort / mountain towns (Canmore, Banff-area, Whistler, Muskoka) where professional property managers list condos on VRBO that aren't on Airbnb
